Sam’s Club is piloting a new Scan & Ship feature that enables in-store shoppers to scan items for direct-to-home shipping. The tool is part of the store’s Scan & Go tool and is integrated within its smartphone app. “We challenge ourselves every day to develop...
Like any large pothole you don’t see until it’s too late, a similarly concealed rut may be hiding from the auto industry in the form of a dormant battle over electric vehicle charging station standardization that’s hiding beneath billions of dollars of SPAC money— those...
“We are the connected in the connected economy.” That’s how Verizon Chief Revenue Officer Sampath Sowmyanarayan put his company’s role in an interview with PYMNTS as part of the ongoing ConnectedEconomy™ series examining the way in which borders between verticals are being crossed on a...
The only thing harder than building new tools is knowing exactly what to do with them once they’re actually built. The development of 5G presents an excellent case in point. For the last several years, we’ve been hearing 5G is coming, bringing a whole host...
Camping World has rolled out details on its new peer-to-peer RV Rental service, a press release says. Camping World RV Rentals will be an expansion of the company’s “commitment to invest in technology within the RV and outdoor industry with the goal to make RVing...
For artists, especially those with commercial ambitions, only a chosen few get to the big show. It was a frustrating fact for many in the analog era as a few record companies and even fewer film companies controlled what projects were “green lighted” and what...
The pandemic has hit small- to mid-sized businesses (SMBs) much harder than large chains, as the latter tend to have more cash reserves and more capital to support necessary digital services such as mobile ordering or curbside pickup. These impacts will likely continue to affect...
Adopting a dog has become a favored coping mechanism during the last year as pet adoptions boomed during the pandemic doubling in some areas. Dogs, for a lot of people, filled a companionship void for those isolated while stuck at home. But now, some experts are...
Everything about the business world is pointing toward decentralization. It’s the concept that runs in the background of crypto and blockchain. It’s the guiding practice behind telehealth. Who needs a central bank? Who needs a doctor’s office? There’s no reason the decentralization principle shouldn’t apply...
